Originally Posted by
tenrec
I'm upgrading the wheels on my 2009 Trek Madone. The stock wheels are Bontrager Race alloy with rim brakes, and the rear rim has developed cracks around a number of the spoke nipples (a common problem with these wheels, from what I can tell.)
Are those the infamous paired spoke wheels? I'm surprised they lasted this long. My rear wheel developed spoke hole cracks at 4000 miles. I discovered the cracks after the wheel broke a spoke.